While this 2009 H-D Nightster that Kent customized could probably best be described as a budget bobber, the project began with much more grandiose plans to give this hog a major makeover. “Initially we talked about doing this bike over as a narrowglide chopper and we had plans to put 10 over tubes on there. And as we talked, Cole said he was going to ask me to do a ground up custom bobber build next, and I’m sort of looking at this Nightster and I’m going, this things close to being a bobber sort of flavor anyway, so I said well maybe we should just customize this one and then build you a ground up chopper? So that’s what we did. We darkened up what was there, did the 18” rear wheel, narrowglide apes, sissy bar, added some custom paint and pinstriping. Not a lot going on there, but a lot of bang for the buck.”
Aside from improving the looks of the bike, a few performance mods really boosted its get up and go. The addition of D&D heat-wrapped pipes from nearby Mancuso, and a Screamin’ Eagle air cleaner really beefed up the presence of the dark sporty. A Thunder Max fuel management system was added to the mix as well and, according to Weeks, made a big difference.
Altogether, it just goes to show what you can do with a modest budget if you make wise choices about how you spend it. You don’t have to choose between pimping your ride, and pimping out your other ride. Just find a customizer like Kent Weeks who is good at stretching a buck and let him max out your investment. The difference can be like day and Nightster.
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